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Platinum Optics Tech. Inc. v. Viavi Sols. Inc.

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In Platinum Optics Tech. Inc. v. Viavi Sols. Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision on the requirements for standing to appeal from an inter partes review (IPR) final...more

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The Newly Proposed RESTORE Patent Bill Aims To Give Patent Owners More Power

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On July 30, 2024, United States Senators Christopher Coons (R-Delaware) and Thomas Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced the “Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive Patent Rights Act of...more

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Should the Experimental Use Exception Be Broadened?

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On June 28, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) requested the public’s views on the current state of the common law experimental use exception to patent infringement and whether legislative action...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Show Me the Papers!: Judge Aaron Grants Motion to Compel Document Discovery from Third-Party

United States Magistrate Judge Stewart D. Aaron (S.D.N.Y.) recently granted a motion by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (collectively “Samsung”) to compel non-party Microchip Technology...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Third Time’s the Charm: Judge Hellerstein Denies Summary Judgment on Previously Dismissed Patent Claims Against Google

On August 22, 2024, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein (S.D.N.Y.) denied Google LLC’s motion for summary judgment that (1) it has not infringed two asserted patents; and (2) the two patents are invalid for lack of written...more

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Petitioners Beware: Screenshots Showing Product May Not Qualify as Printed Publication

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In a recent decision, the PTAB determined that images of products offered for sale via online retailers, such as Amazon, did not alone qualify as printed publications—even if the images showed the product and the date it was...more

Bennett Jones LLP

A Landmark Summer for Design Patent Law

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The world of intellectual property (IP) underwent some significant transformations this summer, with recent changes from the U.S. Federal Circuit and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) reshaping the landscape of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Understanding Preliminary Injunction: A Review of a Recent Federal Circuit Decision

This Federal Circuit opinion addresses a district court’s decision granting plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Background - Plaintiff Natera, Inc. (“Natera”) and defendant NeoGenomics Laboratories, Inc....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Celanese v. ITC: How the On-Sale Bar Can Turn Sweet Sales into Spoiled Patents

Celanese International Corporation, Celanese (Malta) Company 2 Limited, and Celanese Sales U.S. Ltd. (collectively, “Celanese”) filed a petition before the United States International Trade Commission (the “ITC”), alleging...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Circuit Clarifies Test for Exception to Increasingly Rare Interference Proceedings

Speck v. Bates, No. 2023-1147 (Fed. Cir. May 23, 2024) addressed two issues, (1) whether courts should apply a one-way test or a two-way test to determine if pre-critical claims materially differ from post-critical claims,...more

Irwin IP LLP

Court Prunes a Thicket of Claims and Counterclaims and Excludes Expert’s Design Patent Infringement Opinion 

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Fiskars Finland OY AB v. Woodland Tools, Inc., No. 22-cv-00540 (W.D. Wis. Aug. 26, 2024) - On August 26, 2024, the Western District of Wisconsin issued a decision adjudicating a number of motions in a case involving a...more

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Federal Circuit Finds Conventional Components Can Provide a Technological Advantage at Alice Step 1

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On September 9, the Federal Circuit reversed a Northern District of California decision that invalidated two video camera patents as being directed to patent-ineligible abstract ideas under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Contour IP...more

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Alexion and Samsung Settle Eculizumab BPCIA Case

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​​​​​​​On August 30, 2024, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Alexion Pharma International Operations Ltd. (collectively, “Alexion”) and Samsung Bioepis Co. Ltd. (“Samsung Bioepis”) settled their BPCIA dispute related to...more

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Federal Circuit Says No Timing Requirement To Qualify As A POSITA

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Last week, in Osseo Imaging, LLC v. Planmeca USA Inc., No. 2023-1627 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 4, 2024), the Federal Circuit held that “[a]n expert need not have acquired the skill level prior to the time of the invention to be able...more

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Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending September 6, 2024

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Broadband iTV, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al., No. 2023-1107 (Fed. Cir. (W.D. Tex.) Sept. 3, 2024). Opinion by Reyna, joined by Dyk and Stark. Broadband iTV sued Amazon for infringement of five patents directed to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Conversation Continues: Some Post-Patent-Termination Royalties Are Acceptable

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For the second time in less than two weeks, a circuit court decided an appeal hinging on the Brulotte rule, which holds that patent royalties are impermissible when based on payments for the use of expired patents. Like the...more

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Back to the Future: Expert Can Be Skilled Artisan Based on Later-Acquired Knowledge

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified that a technical expert does not need to have been a person of ordinary skill in the art (POSITA) at the time of the invention. Instead, they may rely on...more

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Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation v. Apple Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2024)

In a joint appeal of two adverse decisions from the District Court, the Federal Circuit on procedural grounds rejected an appeal from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation ("WARF") in Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: An Expert Need Not Have Acquired the Requisite Skill Level Prior to the Time of the Invention

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION v. APPLE INC. [OPINION] (2022-1884, 8/28/2024) (Prost, Taranto, and Chen) - Prost, J. The Court affirmed two final judgments of the...more

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Federal Circuit Lays Out When Expert Witnesses in Patent Litigation Must Have Required Expertise

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In patent litigation, expert witnesses play a crucial role in providing specialized knowledge to the court. In a recent case where Osseo Imaging LLC sued Planmeca USA Inc. for patent infringement, the Federal Circuit...more

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Patent litigation defendants beware: RESTORE Patent Rights Act

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Are injunctions back as a matter of law in all patent cases? The Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive (RESTORE) Patent Rights Act of 2024 aims to address a growing concern in...more

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Combining Abstract Ideas Does Not Make Them Less Abstract

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Before Dyk, Reyna, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary: When assessing patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, combining two abstract ideas does not make...more

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Federal Circuit Reverses Ineligibility Finding on POV Cameras and Processing

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On September 9, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a finding by the District Court for the Northern District of California that point-of-view camera claims were ineligible. ...more

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Federal Circuit Review | August 2024

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Specify the Steps of Information Manipulation or Lose under § 101 - In Mobile Acuity Ltd. v. Blippar Ltd. Appeal No. 22-2216, the Federal Circuit held that patent claims that merely recite result-orientated, functional...more

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Spotlight On: Actemra® (tocilizumab) / Tofidence™ (tocilizumab-bavi) / Tyenne® (tocilizumab-aazg) - September 2024

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Tocilizumab Challenged Claim Types in IPRs: Claims are counted in each IPR, so claims from the same patent challenged in multiple IPRs are counted more than once. Within each IPR, claims are counted only once, whether they...more

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